Enhanced convection and fast plumes in the lower mantle induced by the spin transition in ferropericlase

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Bower, Dan J ^a   Gurnis, Michael ^a   Jackson, Jennifer M ^a   Sturhahn, Wolfgang ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITIONAL BUOYANCY; CLAPEYRON SLOPE; CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; CYLINDRICAL GEOMETRY; DENSITY DIFFERENCE; ENHANCED CONVECTION; FERROPERICLASE; HEAT TRANSPORT; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HIGH-TO-LOW; INTRINSIC DENSITY; LARGE-SCALE DYNAMICS; LOWER MANTLE; LOWERMOST MANTLE; MANTLE CONVECTION; NUMERICAL MODELS; SPIN TRANSITION; SPIN-STATE; THERMAL BUOYANCY; VERTICAL VELOCITY;

BUOYANCY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

SPIN DYNAMICS;

CONVECTION; GEOMETRY; HEAT TRANSFER; LOWER MANTLE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLUME;

EID: 67651122769     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL037706     Document Type: Article

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